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Three days ago

שִׁלְשֹׁםStrong’s H8032

shilshom (shil-shom)

Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shilshom is the Hebrew word usually translated “three days ago”, “third day” and “from three days ago”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.”
Genesis 31:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Day before yesterday, three days agoan idiom for 'heretofore in times past'
How it's translated
  • three days ago 18
  • third day 5
  • from three days ago 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 6
  • 1 Samuel 5
  • Deuteronomy 3
  • Joshua 3
  • Genesis 2
  • 2 Samuel 2

9 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שִׁלְשֹׁם shilshom · three days ago

1) day before yesterday, three days ago 1a) an idiom for 'heretofore in times past'

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.